Reader View: Big publishers don't care about heart of literature

Reader View: Big publishers don't care about heart of literature
With regard to the battle going on between Amazon and Hachette Book Group, the notion that Hachette is somehow the defender of “the intellectual and literary heartbeat of our nation” deserves some scrutiny. On the Hachette website we find the following …Read more on Santa Fe New Mexican.com

A thinker who pioneered 'navya' movement in Kannada literature
One of the most thought-provoking writers of Indian literature, Jnanpith-winning Kannada writer U R Ananthamurthy passed away due to renal failure at a private hospital here on Friday evening. The 82-year-old Padma Bhushan, who described himself as a …Read more on Indian Express

Literature-based theatre festival begins at Shilpakala
Literature-based theatre festival begins at Shilpakala. A mega-scale theatre festival began yesterday at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), as part of the Academy's initiative to form a repertory theatre troupe in 64 districts, an .Read more on The Daily Star